Excited to share my book, Don’t Forward That Text! Separating Myths from History on Social Media, available at your favorite bookstores and on Kindle. This work explores thirty pieces of misinformation—some of a recent vintage, others held as self-evident for generations—in Indian history, striving to distinguish the proverbial wheat from the chaff.

In an age of multiple high-reach soapboxes, such myths have become easier than ever to propagate. I have only addressed thirty such, but there are many more. These, however, should be a good starting point for the inquiring mind.

Contrary to popular belief, not all misinformation is rooted in malice or propaganda. Some of the most dearly held myths simply stem from a genuine lack of awareness. My work attempts to take an objective, nonpartisan look at some of those and make history palatable in the process.

Grab your copy today and embark on this enlightening journey. I look forward to hearing your thoughts!

Head to Storytel India for India Uncharted: History You Missed in Class, a 20-part audio series on stories from Indian history that have largely remained out of public discourse until recently. This could either be a result of deliberate obscurantism or just a natural loss of collective memory. The series not only shines a light on such episodes but also presents known stories from a refreshing new perspective.

Some stories in the series also endeavor to exhibit shocking butterfly effects that have served to connect two seemingly unrelated events separated by both time and space. One of the well-known Jallianwala Bagh massacre, for instance, demonstrates how two immigrant families—one from Britain, the other from Iran—set in motion the chain of events that would eventually sink the British hold over the subcontinent.

There is also the story of how Emperor Napoleon and Czar Alexander teamed up to script the Aksai Chin dilemma more than a hundred years before India and China even came into being as republics.

This series is for you if:

• History bores you,

• Reading makes you sleepy, and

• Thrillers make you tick.

So go ahead, add it to your list and give it a spin, if already subscribed to Storytel. If not, well, subscribe!